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Re:Can an Autonomous Sailboat Cross the Atlantic? by Animats on Friday November 24, 2017 @01:53PM (#15772377)
Wave Gliders [1] have been making trips like that for years. They're powered by waves, rather than wind, and they're quite controllable. They can generally stay within 30m of the desired track. They use GPS and Iridium. It's a commercial product, and you can add small sensors.

[1] https://www.liquid-robotics.com/platform/how-it-works/

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Re:Can an Autonomous Sailboat Cross the Atlantic? by CamperBob2 on Friday November 24, 2017 @08:18PM (#15773907)
So this basically represents a closed-form solution to the whole "How to smuggle drugs" problem, right?
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Re:Can an Autonomous Sailboat Cross the Atlantic? by Animats on Friday November 24, 2017 @10:02PM (#15774198)
No. Payloads are tiny. Travel time is very slow.
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Re:Can an Autonomous Sailboat Cross the Atlantic? by jffry on Friday November 24, 2017 @11:30PM (#15774446)
> Tow Capability: Up to 500kg mass

from https://www.liquid-robotics.com/platform/how-it-works/

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Re:Can an Autonomous Sailboat Cross the Atlantic? by CamperBob2 on Saturday November 25, 2017 @01:10AM (#15774674)
Not sure the cartels care about latency versus throughput. All they'll want to know is, will it scale?
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